كُنّا بِبُستانٍ لَدى مَعشَرٍ

كُنّا بِبُستانٍ لَدى مَعشَرٍ

كَأَنَّنا السُنَّةُ في الشيعَه

كَأَنَّنا السُنَّةُ في الشيعَه

We were in a garden among a company,

We were in an orchard with companions,

as though we were Sunnis among Shiites.

As though we were the Sunnah amidst the Shi'ites.

مِن شَجَرِ الجامِعِ أَشجارُهُ

مِن شَجَرِ الجامِعِ أَشجارُهُ

وَنَحنُ فيهِ كَدُمى البيعَه

وَنَحنُ فيهِ كَدُمى البيعَه

Its trees are of the mosque's trees,

Its trees were from the Tree of the Mosque,

and we within it are like statues in the church.

While we in it were like idols for sale.

لَيسَ لَهُ في الأَرضِ مِن مُشبِهٍ

لَيسَ لَهُ في الأَرضِ مِن مُشبِهٍ

إِلّا سَرابٌ لاحَ في قيعَه

إِلّا سَرابٌ لاحَ في قيعَه

There is nothing like it on earth,

It has no equal on earth,

except a mirage that appeared on a barren plain.

Except a mirage gleaming in the wasteland.